Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1119

Chapter 1119 The Calm after the Storm Part 1

Two long horns came out from the crimson Emperor Beast’s shoulders, protecting the sides of its head.

The long tail allowed it to balance its weight while the creature stood on its hind legs, while the violet feathered wings on its back looked too pretty for such a feral creature.

Lith recognized Feela the Behemot’s voice, the beasts’ representative in the Council and leader of their faction.

"The Kings of the woods signaled us the presence of the Horseman of the Black Night so we needed to assemble a force that could take on her and her siblings. Baba Yaga’s children help each other in times of crisis and we couldn’t afford them to escape." Feela said.

"Otherwise we would only achieve an empty victory and be forced to wait for their return. If we want to put an end to their threat, they must be destroyed or at least captured."

Despite his anger, Lith couldn’t refute the logic of both humans and beasts. Royal Guards needed to swarm a place before the enemy could dispel their Gates, whereas beasts could protect their arrays but they needed first to assemble a force capable of matching that of the Horseman.

’Without Yurial’s Hexagram and my countless tricks, Night would have made a short work of me thanks to the dimensional sealing array. Even if the beasts charged blindly, Baba Yaga would have appeared anyway and I doubt that anyone but the Abominations could strike such a good deal from her.’ He thought.

"What in the gods’ name happened here?" Orion asked while looking at the crater where once Zinya’s house was, at the ruins of Selia’s home, and at the ground surrounding the Verhen household that had been upturned by the Demons rising from their graves.

"Indeed. We received the call but a few minutes ago." Feela said. "A Horseman’s power is great, but not even them can bring this kind of destruction in so little time."

At the wave of the hand of their respective commanders, Emperor Beasts and Royal Guards spread out in search of enemies or survivors. Feeling reassured by the presence of such a mighty force, Captain Locrias of the Queen corps came out of Lith’s house and started to tell everyone about the events he had witnessed. _{freёwebnovel.com}

The description of the mysterious Wyrmling’s and its army’s battle prowess left Orion flabbergasted and made a smug expression appear on Feela’s snout. When the Captain reached the part where Elina had unleashed Yurial’s Hexagram her surprise matched Orion’s.

When he told them about the six odd-looking Emperor Beast that had beaten Night to a pulp and even forced Baba Yaga to bargain for her life, both Orion and Feela thought that Locrias had gone mad from the shock.

Meeting a single member of a Guardian’s bloodline was a rare event but six of them at the same time was something unheard of even in legends. Only the accurate description of Baba Yaga in her Mother form and of her tower, along with Lith’s family testimony saved Locrias from a thorough medical examination.

’I still can’t understand why those monster-Abomination hybrids helped me without asking nothing in return.’ Lith thought. ’I get that Xenagrosh considers me a member of her bloodline, but I doubt that her companions feel the same way about me.

’Yet their rage was as genuine as it was groundless. The hybrids kept talking about their pain, their blood, their family. No matter how tight the ties between them are, I refuse to believe that Xenagrosh considers me part of her family after briefly meeting me once.’ Lith thought.

’Maybe they consider your family members to be Abomination hybrids as well since you all share the same blood.’ Solus thought.

’You could be right, but I’m pretty sure everyone is safe and sound. Their words made no sense.’ Lith checked his communication amulet, sighing in relief as he noticed that no communication rune had disappeared.

"I’m really sorry, Scourge." Sentinel the Garmr, who had replaced Protector as leader of the Ry pack said. Her fur was covered in blood despite both her Skinwalker armor and the use of Invigoration.

"Because he’s on the verge of dying. Healing his life-threatening wounds drained Nalrond of nutrients. After I made sure that Rena was alright, keeping him stable and feeding him potions was the best I could do." Tista replied.

"His life force is compromised from the injuries he sustained, the darkness magic that the undead used, and the mana abuse for using too many spells. It’s taking me everything I have just to keep his cores from breaking due to the built-up strain.

"I can’t even allow Nalrond to lose consciousness or he might not wake up."

Lith examined the Rezar with Invigoration, noticing that Tista was right. Using light magic to accelerate the absorption of nutrients would further compromise Nalrond’s body.

Without an external source, Invigoration would break down his flesh and bones to heal him, resulting in death. To make matters worse, both Nalrond’s mana cores and life force were in critical conditions.

"I’m sorry to bother you, little brother, but have you seen Professor Vastor?" Rena pulled his shoulder to get Lith’s attention.

"Why the heck should I care about him? The Professor is probably in the safety of the academy drinking wine whereas Nalrond here is dying!" Lith snarled at his sister’s tactlessness.

"You don’t understand. The Professor was here. How do you think Zinya managed to survive?" Rena’s words struck Lith like a punch, giving him one more piece of the puzzle but raising more questions than they answered.

"Zinya is heartbroken and has never stopped crying. She thinks that he died to protect her or that the undead took him prisoner."